Testing this theory some. All the contracts currently paying $8 million or more. Obviously shooting from the hip some and reasonble people could disagree on some of these calls.
Bad Deals:
Kris Humphries
Gerald Wallace
Jeff Green
Joe Johnson
Al Jefferson
Ben Gordon
Carlos Boozer
Luol Deng
Monta Ellis
JaVale McGee
Danilo Gallinari
Charlie Villanueva
Rodney Stucky
David Lee
Dwight Howard
Zach Randolph
Caron Butler
Eric Gordon
Tyreke Evans
Amare Stoudemire
Andrea Bargnani
Kendrick Perkins
Hedo Turkoglu
Jameer Nelson
Nic Batum
Marcus Thornton
Rudy Gay
Demar Derozan
Andris Biedrins
Richard Jefferson
Emeka Okafor
Nene
32 total
Fair Deals:
Rajon Rondo
Deron Williams
Paul Pierce
Brook Lopez
Kevin Garnett
Jeff Teague
Andrew Bynum (who really knows, but it has 1,000 outs for the Cavs)
Anderson Varejao
Josh Smith
Andrew Bogut (injuries make it bad, but it was very fair at the time)
Andre Iguodala
Roy Hibbert
Danny Granger
David West
George Hill
DeAndre Jordan
Kobe (cap killing so I can't say it was good for the team)
Pau Gasol
Steve Nash
Chris Bosh
OJ Mayo
Kevin Love
Nikola Pekovic
Jrue Holiday
Carmelo Anthony
Tyson Chandler
Serge Ibaka
Thaddeus Young
Tiago Splitter
30 total
Good Deals for the Team:
Al Horford
Paul Millsap
Derrick Rose (I know he got hurt, but this is a case where max salaries don't adequately compensate some guys)
Joakim Noah
Dirk Nowitzki
Shawn Marion
Ty Lawson
Stephen Curry
James Harden
Chris Paul
Blake Griffin
Marc Gasol
Lebron James
Dwyane Wade
Ryan Anderson
Kevin Durant
Russell Westbrook
LaMarcus Aldridge
Tony Parker
Tim Duncan
20 total
So it's a little more evenly distributed than I originally thought, but I think I probably was a little soft on some of these deals (Bynum, Bogut, etc). In any event, once you hit about $8 million a year it's really rough if you get one of the bad deals.